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One year into the war, the displacement, physically and emotionally, of Ukrainian Jews

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PART TWO OF TWO STORIES The term “displaced persons” doesn’t always capture adequately how much of a geographical impact wars have. Diana Bukman, who is now half a world away from a colleague in Ukraine...
A JDC Jewish community volunteer helps an elderly woman onto a bus that is part of a JDC evacuation convo out of the city of Dnipro during the height of the conflict. Photo by Misha Kovalev.

One year into the war, Jewish humanitarian efforts remain in full throttle in Ukraine

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PART ONE OF TWO STORIES As the Russian invasion of Ukraine approaches its one-year anniversary on Friday, North American Jewish leaders at the forefront of humanitarian aid to Ukraine are appreciative of the ways Jews...
MKs Yuli Edelstein (left) and Ze'ev Elkin (second from right) meet with Ukraine President Volodymr Zelenskyy (center) in Kyiv, Feb. 20, 2023. Source: Twitter.

Israeli MKs meet Zelenskyy in Kyiv: ‘Let’s not sit on the fence any longer’

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Israeli lawmakers Yuli Edelstein of Likud and Ze’ev Elkin of the opposition National Unity Party met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday night. They issued a strong statement in support of Ukraine in...
Aliyah and Integration Minister Ofir Sofer (center) and IFCJ President Yael Eckstein (right) welcome Ukrainian olim at Ben-Gurion Airport, Feb. 8, 2023. Photo by Avishag Shaar-Yashuv/IFCJ.

90 Ukrainian Jewish refugees come home to Israel

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Ninety Ukrainian Jewish refugees arrived in Israel on Wednesday to begin a new chapter of their lives, on a chartered flight made possible by the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ). The group joined...
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

The West has finally realized there is a clear front in the battle for...

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Iran’s protesters are united in the same struggle. It is not an accident that Time magazine has declared Zelenskyy Person of the Year and Iranian women Heroes of the Year for...

Reason And Anti-Reason In Moscow: Psychiatric Determinants Of “Cold War II”

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Vladimir Putin’s aggression against Ukraine has obviously critical implications for United States foreign policy. Among other things, this expanding Russian “crime against peace” has undermined once residual hopes for superpower reconciliation or “détente.” In essence, whatever...
Ukrainian Jews arrive on aliyah at Ben-Gurion Airport, Feb. 20, 2022. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Russian aliyah spikes in 2022

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More than four times as many persons made aliyah from Russia in the first 10 months of 2022 than in all of last year, according to Ofek Israeli—The National Aliyah Promotion Company. A total of 32,494 Russian...

Ukrainian defense minister cancels call with Gantz

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A phone call set to take place on Thursday between Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz and his Ukrainian counterpart Oleksii Reznikov was canceled at the request of Kyiv, Gantz’s office said. No revised date was...

White House ‘deeply disappointed’ by Palestinian pivot toward Russia

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The U.S. administration has criticized Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas for seeking to involve Russia in the peace process with Israel, Axios reported on Saturday. On Thursday, Abbas told Russian President Vladmir Putin during a meeting on...

Russia deploying Iranian-made suicide drones in Ukraine

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Russia is deploying Iranian-made unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in its war against Ukraine, and although it is not yet possible to determine their exact operational effectiveness, the weapons could pose a significant challenge for...